Is the Bigfoot Forum losing interest?

[norseman]

2 hours ago, BlackRockBigfoot said:

There are more people than ever who are involved with investigating the topic on a pretty serious level.  Lots of small facebook groups focused on trading ideas on equipment and techniques.  Theories and experiences.  
 

a forum setting would probably be more suited to that type of discussion, although I guess Facebook does have the convenience factor.  
 

Heck, there might be a way to introduce the BFF to some of those folks 

Ive watched your videos with you and your wife doing research together.

 

Quite frankly with a Discovery camera crew? You guys are every bit as good as any other TV show out there.

 

And maybe thats the secret to the BFF? It needs a media front to funnel people back to the forum. 
 

And same goes for the WV crew and Lane County crew. Also a shout out to everyone that posts in the Field Trip section.

 

Looking at pictures and video of beautiful mountains and forests and possibly evidence is always a highlight for me personally.

[RedHawk454]

I'm a believer in Sasquatch, and i hope to someday become a knower

 

but

 

I asked chatgpt if Bigfoot is real and this is what it said:

 

is bigfoot real? ChatGPT said:


No, Bigfoot is not real. There is zero scientifically credible evidence to support the existence of such a creature. Every supposed sighting, footprint, or video has either been debunked, lacks verifiability, or is anecdotal. In contrast, extensive wildlife studies, camera traps, and modern tracking technologies have failed to produce a single verifiable specimen or consistent biological trace.

The idea persists because it's profitable (TV shows, merchandise, tourism) and taps into human fascination with the unknown. But from a practical standpoint, a large, elusive primate population surviving undetected in North America is implausible. It's fiction, not fact.

 

 

 

[socialBigfoot]

3 hours ago, RedHawk454 said:

I asked chatgpt if Bigfoot is real and this is what it said:

ChatGPT is sensitive to the prompt / question you ask. I tried something a little more specific and got a more balanced response. It's too long to paste here but try something like: "Is it plausible that North America is home to an undiscovered species of large primate?"  It'll give you a detailed response and ask if you want more information. See where it leads you. 

[norseman]

I am not a knower with Bigfoot. I am a knower with UFOs on many occasions back to the 70s. Chat GPT probably says the same thing.
 

There is zero evidence.

 

But I will trust my eye balls over a computer any day.

[OntarioSquatch]

AI responses can be inaccurate. Recently I received incorrect info on cellphone reception for a certain location. Now I research every answer I get for fear that it’ll mislead me again. I guess you can try to use it to solve scientific mysteries, but I wouldn’t recommend it.

[bipedalist]

On 6/9/2025 at 8:09 PM, Trogluddite said:

Well, I did do an online business lookup of the Bigfoot Forums which revealed that this site is worth over $1,000,000!!!  Amazing how fast those $20 contributions to the cause add up.  Also amazing?  How wrong online business lookup sites can be.

 

Probably the appraised auction value like with antiques because of all the fossils we have here we call members, speaking for myself in the antiquarian sense too 

[RedHawk454]

11 hours ago, OntarioSquatch said:

AI responses can be inaccurate. Recently I received incorrect info on cellphone reception for a certain location. Now I research every answer I get for fear that it’ll mislead me again. I guess you can try to use it to solve scientific mysteries, but I wouldn’t recommend it.

 

AI cant be held accountable for its words or actions, and it lacks real world experience.  I did, however, think it was interesting that it basically said BiGFo0Tery is still around because its somewhat profitable.

[RedHawk454]

Forums in general are slowly becoming outdated ways of reaching out to people on the internet.  While i disagree with it, the traditional vBulletin style of forums is becoming sadly, outdated.

 

Forums reached their zenith in the early to mid 200's but it seems reddit, youtube, and sadly tiktok are replacing forums. 

 

 

[georgerm]

On 6/13/2025 at 3:37 PM, RedHawk454 said:

I'm a believer in Sasquatch, and i hope to someday become a knower

 

but

 

I asked chatgpt if Bigfoot is real and this is what it said:

 

is bigfoot real? ChatGPT said:


No, Bigfoot is not real. There is zero scientifically credible evidence to support the existence of such a creature. Every supposed sighting, footprint, or video has either been debunked, lacks verifiability, or is anecdotal. In contrast, extensive wildlife studies, camera traps, and modern tracking technologies have failed to produce a single verifiable specimen or consistent biological trace.

The idea persists because it's profitable (TV shows, merchandise, tourism) and taps into human fascination with the unknown. But from a practical standpoint, a large, elusive primate population surviving undetected in North America is implausible. It's fiction, not fact.

I tried ChatGPT and it's terribly user unfriendly and would not base any Sasquatch beliefs on it. Sasquatch remains nearly impossible for the average human to detect most likely due to superior intelligence. hearing, eye-sight, nocturnal habits, sense of smell, hiding ability, and ability to leave an area quickly. Experienced woodsmen can detect them by their smell and footprint evidence only when bigfoot wanders out of their inaccessible mountain locations. Hound hunters can track bigfoots but bigfoots are too fast and can leave an area quickly. Miners in southwest Oregon in the 1800's had bigfoot problems and they brought in a hound hunter to track the bigfoot down. The dogs cornered bigfoot in a rocky cliff area near the Sixes River and the best dog was thrown off the cliff and the bigfoot escaped into the steep mountains. Listen to the report here:  bigfoot near sixes river oregon - Google Search

 

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[MIB]

4 hours ago, RedHawk454 said:

Forums in general are slowly becoming outdated ways of reaching out to people on the internet.  While i disagree with it, the traditional vBulletin style of forums is becoming sadly, outdated.

 

Forums reached their zenith in the early to mid 200's but it seems reddit, youtube, and sadly tiktok are replacing forums. 

 

 

 

Agree.

 

Agree BUT ..

 

Agree BUT !!!!  ... I think the quality and detail of information on the non-forum platforms is somewhat lacking.   Or maybe you could say the signal to noise ratio is lower.    So while forums may be perceived as old fogey stuff they're still where to go for better quality.   The others are fine if you're primarily there for entertainment but if you are trying to do research .. nah.